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Composed of nitrogen, carbon and hydrogen, the compound was invented in the 1830s by a German scientist and came into fashion as a material used to make plastics and laminates in the late 1930s. When combined with formaldehyde and exposed to extreme heat, melamine creates a moldable material that, when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Melamine | 9/17/2008 | See Source »

The campaign changed gears for a moment from attack politics to finding common ground, with Obama and McCain agreeing that ROTC recruiters should be allowed on campuses like Columbia (where they are currently prohibited) and that the next President should recapture the feeling of civic responsibility that swept the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain, Obama Keep It Civic | 9/12/2008 | See Source »

Artist Yi Zhou's latest sculpture has all the trappings of a Cold War - era secret, so she's appropriately mum about the details of its creation. What she will say is that it took help from NASA scientists to shape her medium, a translucent substance called aerogel, into a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mixed Media | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

His exams as well were engaging and almost communal. Consider the one he gave for Constitutional Law III in the Fall 1997 semester. Students were told to act as attorneys in the make-believe state of Futura, advising the parents of a 23-year-old woman named Dolly, who had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Professor Obama's Class | 9/10/2008 | See Source »

After the City of Boston issued a 50-page report from city officials and community members on Harvard’s forecasted development in Allston for the next half-century this August, some residents said the document raised concerns about the University’s ability to adequately incorporate the...

Author: By Nan Ni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City Responds to Allston Plan | 9/9/2008 | See Source »

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